Tornado in TRAILL, NORTH DAKOTA
From 20-MAY-05 15:33:00 to 20-MAY-05 15:37:00 (CST)
Location: HATTON
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Intermittent touchdowns occurred in northwest Traill county, from the Steele county line northwest of Hatton to the Grand Forks county line northeast of Hatton.

Tornado in GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
From 20-MAY-05 15:38:00 to 20-MAY-05 15:40:00 (CST)
Location: HOLMES
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Intermittent touchdowns occurred in southwest Grand Forks county, from the Traill county line 2 miles northeast of Hatton to 5 miles west-southwest of Holmes.

Tornado in CASS, NORTH DAKOTA
From 20-MAY-05 17:05:00 to 20-MAY-05 17:06:00 (CST)
Location: KINDRED
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: STORM CHASER

A large and persistent wall cloud with pendant funnel produced a brief touchdown near the Cass-Richland county line.  A dust plume was generated as the tornado touched down in an open field.  The tornado tracked into Richland county.

Hail in STEELE, NORTH DAKOTA
From 20-MAY-05 15:30:00 to 20-MAY-05 15:30:00 (CST)
Location: FINLEY
Magnitude: 0.88 
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

The hail fell 6 miles northeast of Golden Lake.

Tornado in STEELE, NORTH DAKOTA
From 20-MAY-05 15:31:00 to 20-MAY-05 15:32:00 (CST)
Location: FINLEY
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Intermittent touchdowns occurred about 1.5 miles west of Hatton to the Traill county line 1 mile northwest of Hatton.

Tornado in STEELE, NORTH DAKOTA
From 20-MAY-05 15:05:00 to 20-MAY-05 15:06:00 (CST)
Location: HOPE
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A tornado briefly touched down in an open field.

Tornado in RICHLAND, NORTH DAKOTA
From 20-MAY-05 17:06:00 to 20-MAY-05 17:07:00 (CST)
Location: WALCOTT
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: STORM CHASER

A persistent wall cloud and pendant funnel produced a brief tornado touchdown near the Cass-Richland county line.  The tornado crossed an open field into Richland county about 3 miles west-southwest of Kindred and lifted by 607 pm CDT.  The tornado originated in Cass county.

Funnel Cloud in RICHLAND, NORTH DAKOTA
From 20-MAY-05 17:47:00 to 20-MAY-05 17:47:00 (CST)
Location: COLFAX
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

A persistent wall cloud with pendant funnel was viewed from Colfax.

Flash Flood in CASS, NORTH DAKOTA
From 20-MAY-05 20:30:00 to 21-MAY-05 07:00:00 (CST)
Location: EMBDEN
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Streets and fields were flooded.

Flash Flood in BARNES, NORTH DAKOTA
From 20-MAY-05 20:30:00 to 21-MAY-05 07:00:00 (CST)
Location: URBANA
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Fields were flooded and water covered several farm access roads in Mansfield township.

Tornado in GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
From 20-MAY-05 15:55:00 to 20-MAY-05 16:02:00 (CST)
Location: GRAND FORKS
Tornado F-scale: F1
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

A tornado touched down on the south end of Grand Forks, travelling along county road 17 from one-half mile west of Interstate 29 to near county road 81.  Trees were torn down on the north side of county road 17 near the intersection of Columbia Road.  The tornado weakened as it crossed county road 17 off the south edge of Kings Walk golf course.  A dust plume generated by the tornado pushed north across open fields and the golf course into housing and shopping areas in south Grand Forks.  Top wind speeds were estimated to be around 75 mph.

Tornado in CASS, NORTH DAKOTA
From 20-MAY-05 16:19:00 to 20-MAY-05 16:30:00 (CST)
Location: WHEATLAND
Tornado F-scale: F1
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A dust-shrouded tornado tore through an Interstate 94 construction zone and dislodged temporary lane markers, twisted highway signs, and flipped over lighted arrow signals.  This resulted in an hour of disrupted interstate travel.  The tornado was viewed by Embden and Casselton storm spotters as it crossed nearly 3 miles of open field.